The isolated Greek island of Antikythera, lying at the edge of the Aegean Sea between Crete and the Peloponnese, is like paradise.Antikythera town. Credit: Mario KarkalisLife on the isolated Greek island of Antikythera, lying at the edge of the Aegean Sea between Crete and the Peloponnesian Peninsul
The church of Ropoto has moved more than two hundred meters. Credit: AP – Greek ReporterRopoto was once a thriving village near Trikala in Greece’s Thessaly and home to three hundred families, but a landslide in 2012 turned the village into a ghost town.Today, forgotten by people and authorities, Ro
At Karoulia, an isolated cliff on Mount Athos, the ascetic monks have to climb tall rocks daily to get to their isolated cells. Credit: Greek ReporterIn the most remote area of Mount Athos, the ascetic monks of ‘Karoulia’ live like hermits having to climb tall, dangerous rocks to reach each other, o
The island of Paxos is one of Greece’s best-kept secrets. Credit: Greek ReporterPaxos Island is one of the best-kept secrets in Greece, and we found the most interesting local to show us around the magnificent island. Sailing around Paxos with his boat, the repatriated Greek-American also shares his
Saint Anthony’s Monastery is built in the Arizona desert. Credit: Greek ReporterIn 1995, six Orthodox monks left Mount Athos in Greece to establish Saint Anthony, an Orthodox Monastery in the middle of the Arizona desert, in the United States.They carried with them the sacred heritage of the Holy Mo
The small, but vibrant, community of Greeks, with roots deep in history, remains in the Egyptian capital of Cairo to this day.The Spetseropouleion Greek School in Heliopolis, Cairo. Credit: Anastasios Papapostolou / Greek ReporterThe small, but vibrant, remaining Greek community in Cairo, Egypt has
A Greek kaiki boat at Trizonia Island. Without cars and motorcycles, you will travel back in time on the tiny and little-known Greek island of Trizonia, which Onassis once wanted to buy – but the residents rejected his offer! Credit: Greek ReporterTrizonia – a small island located in the Corinthian
Alexandros Kochliaridis, the “guardian of Amphipolis” is the first man to see the Amphipolis tomb in Greece. Credit: GreekReporterThe Kasta Tomb (Greek: Τύμβος Καστά), also referred to as the Amphipolis Tomb (Greek: Τάφος της Αμφίπολης), is the largest ancient burial mound (tumulus) ever unearthed i
Aleco Haralambides, is a Greek American lawyer born in Miami and a vibrant member of the Greek community of Miami. Credit: AP/Greek ReporterThe Greeks of Miami make up a vibrant community that includes many entrepreneurs excelling in the bar and restaurant business; raising the standards of hospital
Scott ‘the American’ stars as ‘the tourist’ in Greece’s 2024 ‘Zari’ Eurovision entry. Credit: Greek ReporterMeet the most famous ‘tourist’ in Greece: Scott ‘the American.’ From serving in the US Air Force back in the late 1980s to starring in Greece’s latest Eurovision music video by Marina Satti, S